Postman outro over “Truckin'” by The Grateful Dead from American Beauty (1970)

THIRD HALF-HOUR

Postman intro: “…the ’70s continue… more ’70s is on the way…”

“Oye Como Va” by Santana from Abraxas (1970)

“Fire on the Mountain” by The Grateful Dead from Shakedown Street (1978)

“Second That Emotion” by The Grateful Dead (covering Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 1967 hit later hitting again as covered by the duet group Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations in 1969) from Ladies and Gentlemen… The Fillmore East 1971 (2000)

Lead vocal: Jerry Garcia

Note: Recorded live from The Fillmore East in New York on April 25, 1971.

“Playing in the Band” by The Grateful Dead from Grateful Dead (1971) aka “Skull & Roses”

Lead vocal: Bob Weir

Note: Recorded live from Manhattan Center in New York City on April 6, 1971

“Ripple” by The Grateful Dead from American Beauty (1970)

“Till the Morning Comes” by The Grateful Dead from American Beauty (1970)

Postman outro: “…deep into a serious mellow groove – but fear not: the final half-hour you will rock out!”

“Hard to Handle” by The Grateful Dead (covering the 1968 posthumous hit by Ottis Redding) from Ladies and Gentlemen… The Fillmore East 1971 (2000)

Lead vocal: Ron “Pigpen” McKernan

Notes: Recorded live from The Fillmore East in New York on April 25, 1971.

An awesome version of the fave live rave-out hit as lead by Pigpen and The Grateful Dead. This is one of my all-time fave Pigpen/Dead versions and was made into a music video as seen as the opening offering on the sweet video collection Grateful Dead: Backstage Pass (1992). The video for “Hard to Handle” has footage from the actual audio performance mixed with vintage scenes from The Grateful Dead’s history during the 1960s and the early 1970s.

Note: Recorded live at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California on March 24, 1971.

“Sugar Magnolia” by The Grateful Dead from Europe ’72 (1972)

Note: Recorded live during The Grateful Dead’s Europe ’72 tour at the Olympia Theatre in Paris, France on May 3, 1972.

Postman outro over “Dark Star” by The Grateful Dead from Ladies and Gentlemen… The Fillmore East 1971 (2000)

Notes: Recorded live from The Fillmore East in New York on April 28, 1971.

Alas, via a time constraint, this last half-hour was shorter than intended by a little over eight minutes, ending a bit too soon. “Uncle John’s Band” (from Workingman’s Dead, 1970) and another song would have been included before the final “Dark Star” / Postman outro (although, I should have just let this live 13:55 “Dark Star” finish out the show. We’ll do better next episode, in which, we will explore the 1980s vibe…